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Default ring & pinion gears (car axles)

On Apr 17, 6:08*pm, DougC wrote:
On 4/17/2011 7:43 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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This is for a ~5 hp engine for a bicycle, and I only need one.

My concern with the surplus and motorcycle drives is if the gears would
eat themselves, would there be a source of new parts at realistic prices?
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If you can engineer one unit to fit, why couldn't you redesign for a
different one?

jsw